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By Staff Report
NASCAR.com
Published: February 19, 2025
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The No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team was dealt an L2-level penalty after last weekend’s season-opening Daytona 500.
Following further inspection at the NASCAR Research & Development Center in Concord, North Carolina, NASCAR found modifications to the spoiler of the No. 19 Toyota driven by Chase Briscoe.
According to the NASCAR Rule Book, an L2-level penalty includes modifications to Next Gen single-source vendor supply parts and/or assemblies.
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JGR was found to be in violation of Section 14.1 of the Rule Book, which pertains to overall assembled vehicles rules, and 14.5.8, which deals with the spoiler. Specifically, the spoiler base was found to be modified on the No. 19 car. The spoiler base is a single-source part and cannot be modified.
Briscoe was docked 100 driver points and 10 playoff points. JGR was fined $100,000 and deducted 100 owner points, as well as 10 playoff points. Crew chief James Small was suspended for four races.
Joe Gibbs Racing released a statement Wednesday evening, indicating that the organization plans to appeal the penalty. The statement also included an explanation, saying: “The issue in question was caused in the assembly process when bolts used to attach the spoiler base to the deck lid caused the pre-drilled holes to wear due to supplied part interferences.”
Other penalties were also handed out after Daytona.
The No. 34 Front Row Motorsports and No. 51 Rick Ware Racing teams were penalized for a safety violation with ballast found outside the ballast container(s).
Drivers Todd Gilliland and Cody Ware were each docked 10 points and their respective teams were also docked 10 owner points.
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